Medvedev said the Russian government would continue creating convenient conditions for the countries' oil and gas join-venture to conduct projects, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

The two leaders were meeting in Moscow as Sang was leading a high-ranking delegation to that country on July 26-30.

At the meeting, Sang and Medvedev also pledged that the countries would improve cooperation in defense and military techniques in the future.

They expressed their appreciation for their joint-achievements in oil and gas, and nuclear power, with Vietnam's first nuclear plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan slated to be designed by Russians, the report said.